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ARM recently unveiled its newest Cortex A73 CPU architecture and the Mali G71 graphics processing unit.

ARM Unveils More Powerful, Power Efficient Cortex A73 CPU and Mali G71 GPU

ARM has unveiled its newest Cortex A73 CPU architecture and the Mali G71 graphics processing unit. ARM said that these new chips were developed using new high-end designs which the company claims will power the next-generation of smartphones and tablets. ARM added that the chips are designed to handle virtual reality and augmented reality technologies.

Intel is closing down its Atom division and finally surrenders its plans for the smartphone and tablet market.

Intel Closes Atom Division; Relinquishes Plan for Mobile Market

Intel is closing down its Atom division and finally giving up on its plans to make a foray into the smartphone and tablet market. Atom was initially intended to scale down Intel's desktop x86 processor architecture for it to work efficiently with mobile devices. While it was an interesting idea at first, the strategy did not work well as the mobile market is dominated by ARM processors, which work on either Android or the iOS platform.

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